From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...

For those seeking a quieter, more affordable alternative to Chichén Itzá, these temples across the Yucatán Peninsula offer a ...

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History has filed an administrative complaint against the production company ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

Guatemala’s Cueva de Sangre, translated as “blood cave,” isn’t just a clever name. It’s an apropos description of the cave ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of ...

Mexico’s culture secretary said her agency was weighing legal action against a production company for video that seemed to ...

In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén.

Why is a YouTuber holding this?”) The inclusion of promo in the video — at one point, while at what appeared to be his ...

Mexican cultural authorities have filed a lawsuit against MrBeast after the YouTube promoted his snack brand at an ancient Mayan site.

Until recently, no tattooing tools had ever been found in Maya archaeological sites. No examples of preserved tattooed skin have ever been recovered from ancient Maya sites, but a pre-Hispanic ...